Posts Tagged ‘Metal History’
“Weigh anchor, hoist the sails Cruisin’ for booty on watery trails No exploiter we see can still sail on Our cannons fire till his ship goes down Coming through the waves to free all the captives Boarding the vessels we know all the tactics We’re the menace, the curse of the sea We pulverize the [...]
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It wasn’t an easy life living in Europe in 1348. You were probably poor, filthy, heavily taxed, screamed at by various religious fanatics, and probably couldn’t headbang for all the lice in your hair. You would have shared your hours with farm animals and rats (who clean up after themselves and actually might be quite [...]
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A little history lesson on Finnish metal, compiled in about 20 minutes from total memory while a nerd tries to fix my internet, so please feel free to comment/correct in the comments if I haven’t got this quite right. Finnish Metal: The Beginning Finnish metal began when tr00 metal began – In the late 70s, [...]
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As one of a handful of ardent students of ancient literature at university (I studied ancient Greek and Egyptian hieroglyphs to honors level, with a slight diversion into Akkadian) and a love of make-up languages like Tolkien’s Quenya, I admit to spending many an afternoon sipping tea in the classical studies library and discussing manuscript [...]
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My piratical guest-poster Felicity continues with some most excellent tales of real pirate wenches. These stories are true. Certain parts are in the public record. The rest is from “A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates”, released in 1724. Anne Bonny was a bastard, the daughter of her dad’s [...]
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Review: Kasium – Exhale
Linking Horn: A Quest Into the 77th Link
Review and Album Stream: Aborted – Global Flatline
Review: Avatar – Black Waltz
Gig Review: ABSU, Heresiarch, Nullifier and Exordium Mors at the Kings Arms
